The French Polar Effort and the Expeditions Polaires Francaises

Reviews the development of EPF as a private organization under Paul-Emile Victor since 1947, its present status and future. Its organizational structure, financing by the French government, activities in Greenland and the Antarctic are described as is its changing relationship with government as res...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: LeSchack, Leonard A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
Subjects:
Cores
Coring
Drilling
Equipment and supplies
Motors
Yukon
Northern
Antarctic
Greenland
Paul-Emile Victor
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Arctic
Groenland
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66530
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Summary:Reviews the development of EPF as a private organization under Paul-Emile Victor since 1947, its present status and future. Its organizational structure, financing by the French government, activities in Greenland and the Antarctic are described as is its changing relationship with government as result of France's expanded polar operations. EPF has organizational responsibility for the expeditions of Expedition Glaciologique Internationale au Groenland.

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